Advice please on new diesel pusher
Hi. New member here, about to purchase my first motor home. Lived aboard a large boat for many years, understand the experience, just want to do it on land now due to age and physical restrictions. ...
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I just have to keep looking, and that part is fun anyway, though I really have no desire to drive to Florida or Texas to find one, which seems to be where the RV inventory is. Like you go to Florida to find boats...
I understood the coach would be slow. This one was just too slow.
Maybe I've just got a lead foot, but when I put the accelerator to the floor and get absolutely zero sensation of acceleration, well...
I pulled out onto a major road with plenty of time, after being parked on the shoulder, and I kept waiting for a turbo, or something :) to kick in. Yes I did get it up to 70, very little sensation of speed, but if I have to keep the pedal to the floor for five minutes to accomplish that, I can't imagine how much fuel that will use.
I had really thought with a C9 this thing would move. Nope, maybe the air filters were clogged but it wasn't putting out smoke and sounded fine, just was a total slug.
so the hot ticket is to get the larger engine in a smaller coach, a non tag unit? I'll have to focus on that.
I am going to drive an Itasca Reyo Q, the one with the rear walkaround queen, and see if that little MB diesel has any grunt.
I'm hoping the driving experience is better. I'm also wondering how performance would compare with my pulling a 9500 pound Airstream trailer behind the Suburban 6 litre.
I like to drive so while the size of the kitchen pantry is critical to my wife, I'm a little more oriented to what I can see/feel from the driver's seat.
well this sort of fits right in with my twenty twenty goal. I'm always looking to lose twenty pounds and gain 20hp....
still having fun, still excited, and learning rapidly, thanks for all input. I'm likely to do this only once, so I want to take the time and get it right.
I understood the coach would be slow. This one was just too slow.
Maybe I've just got a lead foot, but when I put the accelerator to the floor and get absolutely zero sensation of acceleration, well...
I pulled out onto a major road with plenty of time, after being parked on the shoulder, and I kept waiting for a turbo, or something :) to kick in. Yes I did get it up to 70, very little sensation of speed, but if I have to keep the pedal to the floor for five minutes to accomplish that, I can't imagine how much fuel that will use.
I had really thought with a C9 this thing would move. Nope, maybe the air filters were clogged but it wasn't putting out smoke and sounded fine, just was a total slug.
so the hot ticket is to get the larger engine in a smaller coach, a non tag unit? I'll have to focus on that.
I am going to drive an Itasca Reyo Q, the one with the rear walkaround queen, and see if that little MB diesel has any grunt.
I'm hoping the driving experience is better. I'm also wondering how performance would compare with my pulling a 9500 pound Airstream trailer behind the Suburban 6 litre.
I like to drive so while the size of the kitchen pantry is critical to my wife, I'm a little more oriented to what I can see/feel from the driver's seat.
well this sort of fits right in with my twenty twenty goal. I'm always looking to lose twenty pounds and gain 20hp....
still having fun, still excited, and learning rapidly, thanks for all input. I'm likely to do this only once, so I want to take the time and get it right.
